Outside the Box

The SCAA Blog (or “web log” for etymology enthusiasts) “Outside the Box” was created in 2016 and focuses on short pieces of written content. P osts can be submitted for sharing on the Outside the Box blog by any individuals associated with Archives in Saskatchewan. Topics may include archival experience, theory, and practice, as well as provincial heritage and history. In many fields, “Blogging” is one of the most popular ways of communicating and spreading information and news.   There are literally millions of “blogs” on line. You can find links to some interesting archival blogs at the end of this post. Archive “Bloggers” often write from a personal perspective and share ideas and experiences with other like-minded readers.   It allows a way of interacting and connecting with individuals working in various Archives in Saskatchewan and the world. To be a successful “Archive Blogger”, there is really just one requirement: a passion for Archives J Why should I beco...

Thought I'd give a little recap of my talk on some of the newer features on the Saskatchewan Archival Information Network since last year's upgrade to AtoM 2.4 software. Those who may have been put off of using it in the past by an unfriendly user interface will find the new interface a bit more easy to navigate The newest iteration of SAIN is intended to be more user friendly, and to allow individual institutions more opportunity to personalize, and to use the database as their own online Institutional Repository, should they so choose. As you can see here, one new feature is that each institution is allowed its own unique icon, which automatically lets users know what institution the finding aid or photograph they are looking at came from. There are also accessioning tools built in to this version, to facilitate the use of SAIN as an Institutional Repository.    Another exciting new feature in the updated SAIN (and probably the one we are the most excited ab...